Command
|
Commander
|
Dates in Command
|
Prior Assignment
|
Subsequent Assignment
|
War Patrols
|
Notes
|
Gato (SS-212)
|
LCDR William G. Myers (1926)
|
31 Dec 1941 - 2 Oct 1942*
|
Duty Supervisor of Shipbuilding
Electric Boat Co Groton CT
|
COMSUBPAC Staff
|
2
|
|
| |
CDR Robert J. Foley (1927)
|
Oct 1942* - 29 Apr 1944
|
Staff COMBATDIV 2
|
COMSUBDIV 181
|
6
|
|
| |
CDR Richard M. Farrell (1935)
|
29 Apr 1944 - 29 Mar 1945
|
XO USS Hake
|
C.O. USS Blackfin
|
3
|
|
| |
LCDR Richard Holden (1937)
|
29 Mar 1945 - 7 Jan 1946*
|
PCO on USS Blueback
|
C.O. USS Torsk
|
2
|
|
Greenling (SS-213)
|
CDR Henry C. Bruton (1926)
|
21 Jan 1942 - 16 Feb 1943
|
C.O. USS S-39
|
COMSUBDIV 82
|
4
|
|
| |
LCDR James D. Grant (1931)
|
16 Feb 1943 - 17 Jun 1944
|
C.O. USS R-1
|
C.O. USS Toro
|
5
|
|
| |
CDR John D. Gerwick (1935)
|
17 Jun 1944 - 19 Jun 1945
|
XO USS Muskallunge
|
|
3
|
|
| |
LCDR William H. McClaskey (USNR)
|
19 Jun 1945 - 6 Feb 1946
|
XO USS Burrfish
|
|
|
|
| |
LCDR Francis T. Cooper (1939)
|
6 Feb 1946 - 30 Apr 1946
|
C.O. USS Mackerel
|
XO USS Dace
|
|
|
| |
LCDR Robert N. Carroll (USNR)
|
30 Apr 1946 - 18 Jun 1946
|
XO USS Croaker
|
|
|
|
| |
Lt. Francis M. Oakley (not USNA)
|
18 Jun 1946 - 16 Oct 1946
|
XO USS Barracuda
|
USS Cochino
|
|
Former enlisted man
|
Grouper (SS-214)
|
LCDR Claren E. Duke (1927)
|
12 Feb 1942 - 2 Aug 1942
|
C.O. USS S-32
|
XO USS Pennsylvania (BB-38)
|
1
|
|
| |
LCDR Rob Roy McGregor (1929)
|
2 Aug 1942 - 18 Mar 1943*
|
C.O. USS S-1
|
SUBRON 6 Staff
|
3
|
|
| |
CDR Martin P. Hottel (1927)
|
5 Apr 1943* - 12 Nov 1943
|
TF 42 Staff
|
Torpedo Officer, Sub Base, Pearl
Harbor
|
3
|
|
| |
CDR Frederick H. Wahlig (1933)
|
12 Nov 1943 - 1 May 1945*
|
C.O. USS Mackerel
|
|
5
|
|
| |
LCDR George W. Kittredge (1940)
|
May 1945* -1 Jul 1945*
|
XO USS Haddock
|
Byrd 1946 Arctic Expedition
|
|
|
| |
CDR Charles F. Putnam (1937)
|
1 May 1946* - 1 Oct 1946*
|
C.O. USS Sealion (SS-315)
|
|
|
|
Growler (SS-215)
|
CDR Howard W. Gilmore (1926)
|
20 Mar 1942 - 7 Feb 1943
|
C.O. USS S-48
|
|
4
|
KIA; Medal of Honor
|
| |
LCDR Arnold F. Schade (1933)
|
7 Feb 1943 - 23 Apr 1944
|
XO USS Growler
|
C.O. USS Bugara
|
4
|
|
| |
CDR Thomas B. Oakley, Jr. (1934)
|
23 Apr 1944 - 8 Nov 1944
|
C.O. USS Tarpon
|
|
3
|
Boat lost, C.O. lost
|
Grunion (SS-216)
|
LCDR Mannert L. Abele (1926)
|
11 Apr 1942 - c. 30 Jul 1942
|
C.O. USS S-31
|
|
1
|
Boat lost, C.O. lost
|
Guardfish (SS-217)
|
LCDR Thomas B. Klakring (1927)
|
8 May 1942 - 14 May 1943
|
PCO School, Sub Base, New
London
|
Instructor, Submarine School, New
London
|
4
|
|
| |
CDR Norvell G. Ward (1935)
|
14 May 1943 - 27 Oct 1944
|
XO USS Seadragon
|
COMSUBPAC Staff
|
5
|
|
| |
CDR Douglas T. Hammond (1931)
|
27 Oct 1944 - 19 Jul 1945
|
Staff duty in Washington, DC
|
XO USS North Carolina (BB-55)
|
3
|
|
| |
LCDR Julian T. Burke, Jr. (1940)
|
19 Jul 1945 - 25 May 1946
|
XO USS Flying Fish
|
Engineering Officer USS Howard
W. Gilmore (AS-16)
|
|
Training duty only while in
command; decommissioned
|
Albacore (SS-218)
|
LCDR Richard C. Lake (1929)
|
1 Jun 1942 - 12 Jun 1943
|
C.O. USS S-40
|
COMSUBDIV 222
|
4
|
|
| |
LCDR Oscar E. Hagberg (1931)
|
12 Jun 1943 - 5 Dec 1943*
|
C.O. USS S-16
|
COM7THFLT Staff, then Football
coach at USNA
|
3
|
|
| |
CDR James W. Blanchard (1927)
|
5 Dec 1943* - 3 Oct 1944
|
Instructor Sub School, New
London
|
COMSUBDIV 341
|
3
|
|
| |
LCDR Hugh R. RImmer (1937)
|
3 Oct 1944 - c. 7 Nov 1944
|
XO USS Tautog
|
|
1
|
Boat lost,C.O. lost
|
Amberjack (SS-219)
|
LCDR John A. Bole, Jr. (1928)
|
19 Jun 1942 - c. 16 Feb 1943
|
C.O. USS S-21
|
|
3
|
Boat lost, C.O. lost
|
Barb (SS-220)
|
LCDR John R. Waterman (1927)
|
19 Jun 1942 - 26 Mar 1943
|
C.O. USS S-45
|
C.O. USS Barb
|
3
|
|
| |
LCDR Nicholas Lucker, Jr. (1930)
|
26 Mar 1943 - 14 May 1943
|
SUBRON 50 Staff
|
PCO on USS Lamprey
|
1
|
in command for one patrol
|
| |
CDR John R. Waterman (1927)
|
14 May 1943 - 28 Apr 1944
|
C.O. USS Barb
|
COMSUBDIV 321
|
3
|
|
| |
LCDR Everett H. Steinmetz (1935)
|
31 Dec 1943*
|
XO USS Barb
|
XO USS Barb
|
|
temporarily in command
|
| |
CDR Eugene B. Fluckey (1935)
|
28 Apr 1944 - 17 Aug 1945
|
USS Bonita
|
Aide to CNO; C.O. USS Halfbeak
(1947)
|
5
|
Medal of Honor
|
| |
CDR Cornelius P. Callahan, Jr.
(1938)
|
17 Aug 1945 - 9 Mar 1946
|
C.O. USS Bass
|
|
|
|
| |
LCDR Max C Duncan (1942)
|
9 Mar 1946 - 16 Mar 1946
|
XO USS Barb
|
USS Tirante
|
|
|
| |
LCDR Sigmund A Bobczynski (1939)
|
16 Mar 1946 - 8 Apr 1946
|
XO USS Archerfish
|
|
|
|
| |
CDR John P. Currie (1937)
|
8 Apr 1946 - 21 Jun 1946
|
O-I-C I-201
|
|
|
|
| |
LCDR Sigmund A Bobczynski (1939)
|
21 Jun 1946 - 12 Feb 1947
|
|
C.O. USS Diablo
|
|
Decommissioned
|
Blackfish (SS-221)
|
LCDR John F. Davidson (1929)
|
22 Jul 1942 - 2 Jun 1943
|
C.O. USS Mackerel
|
C.O. USS Blackfish
|
4
|
|
| |
LCDR Eliot Olsen (1927)
|
2 Jun 1943 - 26 Jul 1943*
|
SUBRON 50 staff
|
COMSUBDIV 122
|
1
|
in command for one patrol
|
| |
CDR John F. Davidson (1929)
|
31 Jul 1943* - 22 Feb 1944
|
C.O. USS Blackfish
|
Staff COMSUBTRAINPAC
|
2
|
|
| |
CDR Robert F. Sellars (1934)
|
22 Feb 1944 - 10 May 1945*
|
PCO on USS Scamp
|
C.O. USS Remora
|
4
|
|
| |
LCDR Robert C. Gillette (1939)
|
14 Jun 1945* - 14 Aug 1945*
|
XO USS Lapon
|
|
1
|
|
Bluefish (SS-222)
|
CDR George E. Porter (1932)
|
24 May 1943 - 31 Jan 1944
|
XO USS Greenling
|
C.O. USS Sennett
|
3
|
|
| |
CDR Charles M. Henderson (1934)
|
31 Jan 1944 - 10 Apr 1945
|
XO USS Cabrilla
|
Liaison officer FAW 1 Staff
|
4
|
|
| |
LCDR George W. Forbes, Jr. (1939)
|
10 Apr 1945 - 2 Feb 1947
|
XO USS Raton
|
C.O. USS Torsk (1948)
|
2
|
decommissioned
|
Bonefish (SS-223)
|
CDR Thomas W. Hogan (1931)
|
31 May 1943 - 13 Jun 1944
|
XO (?) USS Nautilus
|
|
4
|
|
| |
CDR Lawrence L. Edge (1935)
|
13 Jun 1944 - c.18 Jun 1945
|
XO USS Bluefish
|
|
4
|
Boat lost, C.O. lost
|
Cod (SS-224)
|
CDR James C. Dempsey (1931)
|
21 Jun 1943 - 15 Jun 1944
|
C.O. USS Spearfish
|
COMSUBLANT Staff
|
3
|
|
| |
CDR James A. Adkins (1930)
|
15 Jun 1944 - 13 Jun 1945
|
Navigator USS San Diego (CL-53)
then PCO on USS Hake
|
Liaison Officer, Air-Sea Rescue
Unit, Okinawa
|
3
|
|
| |
LCDR Edwin M. Westbrook, Jr.
(1938)
|
13 Jun 1945 - 1 Jun 1946*
|
XO USS Crevalle
|
C.O. USS Belle Grove (LSD-2)
(1955)
|
1
|
|
| |
Lt. Thomas C Hurst III (1943)
|
30 Nov 1945*
|
XO USS Cod
|
|
|
acting
|
Cero (SS-225)
|
CDR David C. White (1927)
|
4 Jul 1943 - 27 Nov 1943
|
C.O. USS Plunger
|
COMSUBDIV 43
|
1
|
|
| |
CDR Edward F. Dissette (1934)
|
27 Nov 1943 - 6 Feb 1945
|
USS Tarpon
|
|
5
|
|
| |
LCDR Raymond Berthrong (1938)
|
6 Feb 1945 - 30 Nov 1945*
|
C.O. USS Searaven
|
|
2
|
|
| |
LCDR John M. Connolly, Jr. (USNR)
|
1 Jun 1946* - 8 Jun 1946
|
USS S-20
|
|
|
decommissioned
|
Corvina (SS-226)
|
CDR Roderick S. Rooney (1929)
|
6 Aug 1943 - c. 16 Nov 1943
|
XO USS Nautilus
|
|
1
|
Boat lost, C.O. lost
|
Darter (SS-227)
|
CDR William S. Stovall, Jr. (1929)
|
7 Sep 1943 - 15 Jun 1944
|
C.O. USS Gudgeon
|
COMINCH Staff
|
2
|
|
| |
CDR David H. McClintock (1935)
|
15 Jun 1944 - 24 Oct 1944
|
XO USS Cero
|
C.O. USS Menhaden
|
2
|
Boat lost, C.O. survived
|
Drum (SS-228)
|
LCDR Robert H. Rice (1927)
|
1 Nov 1941 - 14 Nov 1942
|
C.O. USS Sequoia (AG-23)
|
C.O. USS Paddle
|
3
|
Commissioned pre-war
|
| |
LCDR Bernard F. McMahon (1931)
|
14 Nov 1942 - 6 Oct 1943*
|
PCO in USS Haddock
|
C.O. USS Piper
|
4
|
|
| |
CDR Delbert F. Williamson (1927)
|
31 Oct 1943* - 23 Jun 1944
|
C.O. USS S-33
|
C.O. USS Euryale (AS-22)
|
2
|
|
| |
LCDR Maurice H. Rindskopf (1938)
|
23 Jun 1944 - 15 Nov 1944
|
XO USS Drum
|
|
2
|
|
| |
LCDR Frank M. Eddy (1937)
|
15 Nov 1944 - 2 Jan 1946*
|
XO USS Segundo
|
C.O. USS Burrfish
|
2
|
|
| |
LCDR Herbert P. McNeal (USNR)
|
1 Feb 1946* - 16 Feb 1946
|
|
C.O. USS Cobbler (1950)
|
|
decommissioned
|
Flying Fish (SS-229)
|
LCDR Glynn R. Donaho (1927)
|
10 Dec 1941 - 15 May 1943
|
C.O. USS R-14
|
C.O. USS Flying Fish
|
5
|
|
| |
Lt. Enrique D. Haskins (1933)
|
26 Mar 1942* - 29 Mar 1942*
|
XO USS Flying Fish
|
XO USS Flying Fish
|
|
acting
|
| |
Lt. Walter L. Small (1938)
|
15 May 1943 - 26 May 1943
|
XO USS Flying Fish
|
XO USS Flying Fish
|
|
Acting commander
|
| |
Capt. Frank T. Watkins (1922)
|
26 May 1943 - 28 Jul 1943
|
COMSUBDIV 102
|
COMSUBDIV 102
|
1
|
Temporarily in command as
additional duty for one patrol
|
| |
CDR Glynn R. Donaho (1927)
|
28 Jul 1943 - 19 Nov 1943
|
C.O. USS Flying Fish
|
SUBDIV 42 Staff
|
1
|
|
| |
CDR Robert D. Risser (1934)
|
19 Nov 1943 - 19 Jan 1946
|
XO USS Seawolf
|
|
5
|
|
| |
CDR John R. Middleton (1935)
|
2 Apr 1946* - 1 May 1947*
|
|
|
|
|
Finback (SS-230)
|
CDR Jesse L. Hull (1926)
|
5 Jul 1942 - 6 Feb 1943*
|
PCO School, Sub Base, New
London
|
COMSUBDIV 44
|
3
|
|
| |
LCDR John A. Tyree, Jr. (1933)
|
27 Feb 1943* - 16 May 1944
|
XO USS Finback
|
Assistant Naval Aide to the
President
|
5
|
|
| |
LCDR James L. Jordan (not USNA)
|
16 May 1944 - 2 Aug 1944
|
XO USS Greenling
|
XO USS Bushnell (AS-15)
|
1
|
|
| |
CDR Robert R. Williams, Jr. (1934)
|
2 Aug 1944 - 1 Jul 1945*
|
C.O. USS R-9
|
|
3
|
|
| |
LCDR William T Alford (1939)
|
1 Oct 1945*
|
XO USS Whale
|
|
|
|
| |
CDR Maurice Ferrara (1937)
|
1 Mar 1946* - 1 Nov 1946*
|
C.O. USS Tambor
|
|
|
|
Haddock (SS-231)
|
LCDR Arthur H. Taylor (1927)
|
14 Mar 1942 - 5 Mar 1943
|
PCO School, Sub Base, New
London
|
COMSUBPAC Staff
|
3
|
|
| |
LCDR Roy M. Davenport (1933)
|
5 Mar 1943 - 1 Dec 1943
|
XO USS Silversides
|
C.O. USS Trepang
|
4
|
|
| |
CDR John P. Roach (1932)
|
1 Dec 1943 - 7 Feb 1945
|
XO USS Jack
|
|
3
|
Relieved after being injured in a
road accident
|
| |
CDR William H. Brockman, Jr.
(1927)
|
7 Feb 1945 - 27 Mar 1945
|
COMSUBDIV 81
|
COMSUBDIV 81
|
1
|
Temporarily in command as an
additional duty for one patrol
|
| |
LCDR Albert R. Strow (1939)
|
27 Mar 1945 - 24 Apr 1946
|
XO USS Tench
|
C.O. USS Carbonero (1948)
|
2
|
|
| |
CDR Raymond W. Alexander (1938)
|
1 Jun 1946* - 12 Feb 1947
|
C.O. USS Brill
|
C.O. USS Toro
|
|
decommissioned
|
Halibut (SS-232)
|
CDR Philip R. Ross (1927)
|
10 Apr 1942 - 12 Aug 1943
|
PCO School, Sub Base, New
London
|
COMSUBTRAINPAC Staff
|
5
|
|
| |
CDR Ignatius J. Gallatin (1933)
|
12 Aug 1943 - 4 Dec 1944
|
PCO on USS Sculpin
|
COMSUBRON 10 Staff, then
COMSUBLANT Staff
|
5
|
|
| |
LCDR Guy F. Gugliotta (1938)
|
4 Dec 1944 - 14 Feb 1945
|
XO USS Halibut
|
C.O. USS Raton
|
|
During repairs from battle damage
|
| |
LCDR Rafael C. Benitez (1939)
|
14 Feb 1945 - 19 May 1945
|
XO USS Dace
|
C.O. USS Trumpetfish
|
|
Training duty only while in
command
|
| |
Lt. Joseph G. Galligan, Jr. (USNR)
|
19 May 1945 - 14 Jul 1945
|
XO USS Halibut
|
|
|
Training duty only while in
command
|
| |
Lt. Francis W. Meyers (USNR)
|
14 Jul 1945 - 18 Jul 1945
|
XO USS Halibut
|
|
|
Decommissioned
|
Herring (SS-233)
|
LCDR Raymond W. Johnson (1930)
|
4 May 1942 - 5 Mar 1943
|
C.O. USS R-6
|
C.O. USS Herring
|
2
|
|
| |
LCDR John Corbus (1930)
|
5 Mar 1943 - 13 Apr 1943
|
SUBRON 50 Staff
|
C.O. USS Haddo
|
1
|
Temporarily in command for one
patrol
|
| |
CDR Raymond W. Johnson (1930)
|
13 Apr 1943 - 6 Feb 1944
|
C.O. USS Herring
|
|
3
|
|
| |
LCDR David Zabriske, Jr. (1936)
|
6 Feb 1944 - 1 Jun 1944
|
XO (?) USS Tautog
|
|
2
|
Boat lost, C.O. lost
|
Kingfish (SS-234)
|
CDR Vernon L. Lowrance (1930)
|
20 May 1942 - 30 Nov 1943
|
C.O. USS R-18
|
COMSUBDIV 45
|
5
|
|
| |
CDR Herbert L. Jukes (1932)
|
30 Nov 1943 - 29 Jun 1944
|
C.O. USS S-27
|
C.O. USS Cutlass
|
3
|
|
| |
LCDR Talbot E. Harper (1937)
|
29 Jun 1944 - 31 May 1945
|
XO USS Burrfish
|
|
2
|
|
| |
LCDR Thomas D. Keegan (1939)
|
31 May 1945 - 9 Mar 1946
|
XO USS Sea Cat
|
C.O. USS Flounder
|
|
|
Shad (SS-235)
|
LCDR Edgar J. MacGregor III (1930)
|
12 Jun 1942 - 27 Apr 1943
|
C.O. USS R-18
|
C.O. USS Shad
|
3
|
|
| |
LCDR Roland F. Pryce (1927)
|
27 Apr 1943 - 16 Jun 1943*
|
SUBRON 50 Staff
|
Ops Officer COM 12th Fleet
|
1
|
|
| |
CDR Edgar J. MacGregor III (1930)
|
Jun 1943* - 29 Jun 1944
|
C.O. USS Shad
|
Instructor, Sub School, New
London
|
2
|
|
| |
LCDR Lawrence V. Julihn (1937)
|
29 Jun 1944 - 1 Apr 1945*
|
XO USS Thresher
|
|
3
|
|
| |
LCDR Donald L. Mehlhop (1937)
|
Apr 1945* - Nov 1945*
|
C.O. USS R-13
|
|
2
|
|
Silversides (SS-236)
|
LCDR Creed C. Burlingame (1927)
|
15 Dec 1941 - 20 Jul 1943
|
C.O. USS S-30
|
COMSUBDIV 182
|
5
|
|
| |
CDR John S. Coye, Jr. (1933)
|
20 Jul 1943 - 29 Nov 1944
|
TF 72 Staff
|
Instructor PCO School
|
6
|
|
| |
CDR John C. Nichols (1934)
|
29 Nov 1944 - 1 Jan 1946*
|
C.O. USS Steelhead
|
|
3
|
|
| |
LCDR William C Vickery, Jr. (1940)
|
17 Apr 1946
|
XO USS Silversides
|
|
|
decommissioned
|
Trigger (SS-237)
|
LCDR Jack H. Lewis (1927)
|
30 Jan 1942 - 18 Aug 1942*
|
C.O. USS S-34
|
Force Secretary, TF 42
|
1
|
|
| |
CDR Roy S. Benson (1929)
|
29 Aug 1942* - 28 Jul 1943
|
XO USS Nautilus; SUBRON 10
staff
|
Commander PCO School Sub
Base New London
|
4
|
|
| |
LCDR Earle C. Schneider (1933)
|
31 Jan 1943*
|
XO USS Trigger
|
C.O. USS Dorado
|
|
acting
|
| |
LCDR Robert E. Dornin (1935)
|
28 Jul 1943 - 25 Feb 1944
|
XO USS Gudgeon
|
Aide & Flag Lieutenant
COMINCH/CNO
|
3
|
|
| |
CDR Fritz J. Harlfinger II (1935)
|
25 Feb 1944 - 3 Feb 1945*
|
C.O. USS S-32
|
C.O. USS Sirago
|
3
|
|
| |
LCDR John E. Shepherd 3rd (1939)
|
31 May 1944* - 1 Jul 1944*
|
USS Trigger
|
XO USS Trigger
|
|
acting
|
| |
CDR David R. Connole (1936)
|
Feb 1945* - c. 28 Mar 1945
|
PCO on USS Sennett
|
|
1
|
Boat lost, C.O. lost
|
Wahoo (SS-238)
(additional link)
|
LCDR Marvin G. Kennedy (1929)
|
15 May 1942 - 31 Dec 1942
|
XO USS Narwhal
|
Repair officer, USS Bushnell
(AS-15) then C.O. USS Guest
(DD-472)
|
2
|
|
| |
CDR Dudley W. Morton (1930)
|
31 Dec 1942 - c. 11 Oct 1943
|
C.O. USS Dolphin
|
|
5
|
Boat lost, C.O. lost
|
Whale (SS-239)
|
LCDR John B. Azer (1930)
|
1 Jun 1942 - 20 Feb 1943
|
C.O. USS R-19
|
C.O. USS Caiman
|
2
|
|
| |
CDR Albert C. Burrows (1928)
|
20 Feb 1943 - 9 Feb 1944
|
COMSUBSOWEPAC Staff
|
C.O. USS Shenandoah (AD-26)
|
4
|
|
| |
LCDR James B. Grady (1934)
|
9 Feb 1944 - 18 Jan 1945*
|
PCO on USS Halibut
|
C.O. USS Cobbler
|
4
|
|
| |
CDR Freeland H. Carde (1938)
|
28 Feb 1945* - 1 May 1946*
|
XO USS Pilotfish
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1
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LCDR William T. Alford (1939)
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26 Jan 1945* - 31 Jan 1945*
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XO USS Whale
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XO USS Whale
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acting
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LCDR Roger W. Paine (1939)
|
May 1946* - 1 Jun 1946
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C.O. USS Cubera
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Postgraduate School, Annapolis
|
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Decommissioned
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Angler (SS-240)
|
LCDR Roger I. Olsen (1933)
|
1 Oct 1943 - 9 Jun 1944
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XO USS Haddock
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3
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Relieved due to injury
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LCDR Franklin G. Hess (1935)
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9 Jun 1944 - 9 Nov 1944*
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XO USS Puffer
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2
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LCDR Howard Bissell, Jr. (USNR)
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30 Nov 1944* - 9 Aug 1945*
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XO USS O-7, XO USS Cod
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2
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LCDR Lloyd R. Vasey (1939)
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31 Mar 1945*
|
XO USS Angler
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Bureau of Naval Personnel
|
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acting
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CDR Charles V. Gordon (1938)
|
1 Jul 1946*
|
XO USS Runner
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Bashaw (SS-241)
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LCDR Richard E. Nichols (1934)
|
25 Oct 1943 - 15 Jan 1945
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XO USS Grayback
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4
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LCDR Hoke B. Simpson (USNR)
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15 Jan 1945 - Sep 1945*
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XO USS Bashaw
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2
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Lt. George E. Everly (1941)
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Sep 1945* - 24 Nov 1945
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XO USS Bashaw
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XO USS Redfish
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Bluegill (SS-242)
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CDR Eric L. Barr, Jr. (1934)
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11 Nov 1943 - Oct 1945*
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XO USS Kingfish
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Duty with Mothballed submarines
Mare Island Navy Yard
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6
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LCDR Edwin G. Weed (1940)
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1 Mar 1946*
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XO USS Bluegill
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Bream (SS-243)
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CDR Wreford G. Chapple (1930)
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24 Jan 1944 - 7 Dec 1944
|
C.O. USS Permit
|
COMSUBDIV 102
|
3
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CDR James L. P. McCallum (1935)
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7 Dec 1944 - 1 Dec 1945*
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COMSUBS7thFLT Staff, then
PCO on USS Bream
|
Staff Commander Mare Island
Group Pacific Reserve Fleet
|
3
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LCDR Thomas C. Williamson (1939)
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27 Dec 1945* - 31 Jan 1946*
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XO USS S-34
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LCDR Bricker M. Ganyard (1938)
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9 Apr 1946*
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C.O. USS Lionfish
|
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Cavalla (SS-244)
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CDR Herman J. Kossler (1934)
|
29 Feb 1944 - 1 Jan 1946*
|
XO USS Guardfish
|
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6
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LCDR Edward R. Eberle (USNR)
|
1 Feb 1946* - 16 Mar 1946
|
XO USS Cavalla
|
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Decommissioned
|
Cobia (SS-245)
|
LCDR Albert L. Becker (1934)
|
29 Mar 1944 - 3 Jul 1945
|
XO USS Blackfish
|
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5
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LCDR Frederick N. Russell (1939)
|
3 Jul 1945 - 9 Jan 1946
|
XO USS Brill
|
Navigator USS Samuel Chase
(APA-26)
|
1
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| |
LCDR John H. M. Nason (USNR)
|
9 Jan 1946 - 22 May 1946
|
XO USS Paddle
|
C.O. USS Billfish
|
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Decommissioned
|
Croaker (SS-246)
|
CDR John E. Lee (1930)
|
21 Apr 1944 - 10 Nov 1944
|
C.O. USS Grayling
|
Aide to Commandant 11th Naval
District
|
2
|
|
| |
CDR William B. Thomas (1936)
|
10 Nov 1944 - 1 Jan 1946*
|
PCO on USS Trepang
|
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4
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| |
Lt. R. B. Brady (USNR)
|
1 Oct 1945*
|
XO USS Croaker
|
XO USS Croaker
|
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acting
|
| |
CDR Severance W. Gavitt (USNR)
|
Feb 1946* - 15 May 1946
|
XO USS Spearfish
|
|
|
Decommissioned
|
Dace (SS-247)
|
LCDR Joseph F. Enright (1933)
|
23 Jul 1943 - 28 Dec 1943
|
C.O. USS O-10, then PCO
School, New London
|
XO, Sub Base, Midway
|
1
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|
| |
CDR Bladen D. Claggett (1935)
|
28 Dec 1943 - 21 Nov 1944
|
XO USS Pargo
|
C.O. USS Cutlass
|
4
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| |
CDR Otis R. Cole, Jr. (1936)
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21 Nov 1944 - 1 Oct 1945*
|
XO USS Angler
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2
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| |
LCDR Francis T. Cooper (1939)
|
1 Aug 1946* - 12 Feb 1947
|
XO USS Dace
|
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Decommissioned
|
Dorado (SS-248)
|
LCDR Earle C. Schneider (1933)
|
28 Aug 1943 - c. 12 Oct 1943
|
XO USS Pompano, XO USS
Trigger
|
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Boat lost, C.O. lost
|
Flasher (SS-249)
|
CDR Reuben T. Whitaker (1934)
|
6 Jan 1944 - 31 Oct 1944
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C.O. USS S-44; XO USS Flying
Fish
|
Instructor, Submarine School, New
London
|
4
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|
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CDR George W. Grider (1937)
|
31 Oct 1944 - Mar 1946*
|
XO USS Pollack
|
C.O. USS Cubera
|
2
|
decommissioned
|
| |
LCDR Phillip T. Glennon (1940)
|
30 Apr 1945*
|
XO USS Flasher
|
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acting
|
| |
Lt. Thomas A. Burke, Jr. (USNR)
|
1 Oct 1945*
|
XO USS Flasher
|
|
|
acting
|
Flier (SS-250)
|
CDR John D. Crowley (1931)
|
18 Oct 1943 - 13 Aug 1944
|
C.O. USS S-28
|
COMSUBS7thFLT Staff, then C.O.
USS Irex
|
2
|
Boat lost, C.O. survived
|
Flounder (SS-251)
|
LCDR Carl A. Johnson (1929)
|
29 Nov 1943 - 9 May 1944*
|
C.O. USS R-13
|
XO USS Apollo (AS-25); XO Sub
Base Key West in 1947
|
1
|
|
| |
CDR James E. Stevens (1930)
|
31 May 1944* - 7 May 1945*
|
C.O. USS Bass; PCO on USS Cero
|
COMSUBDIV 181
|
5
|
|
| |
CDR John R. Middleton, Jr. (1935)
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11 May 1945* - 1 Nov 1945*
|
C.O. USS Thresher (SS-200)
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LCDR Thomas D. Keegan (1939)
|
2 Apr 1946*
|
C.O. USS Kingfish (SS-234)
|
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| |
CDR Edward D. Spruance (1937)
|
1 May 1946*
|
Prize crew commander I-401
|
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| |
LCDR John C. Weatherwax (1939)
|
1 Jul 1946* - 12 Feb 1947
|
C.O. USS tench
|
|
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decommissioned
|
Gabilan (SS-252)
|
CDR Karl R. Wheland (1931)
|
28 Dec 1943 - 13 Dec 1944
|
C.O. USS S-13
|
XO USS Fulton (AS-11)
|
3
|
|
| |
CDR William B. Parham (1936)
|
13 Dec 1944 - 1 Nov 1945*
|
C.O. USS R-11
|
C.O. USS Amberjack
|
3
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Gunnel (SS-253)
|
CDR John S. McCain, Jr. (1931)
|
20 Aug 1942 - 14 Jul 1944
|
C.O. USS O-8
|
C.O. USS Dentuda
|
5
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Lt. Lloyd R. Vasey (1939)
|
31 Aug 1943*
|
XO USS Gunnel
|
XO USS Gunnel
|
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acting
|
| |
LCDR Guy E. O'Neil, Jr. (1937)
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14 Jul 1944 - 24 Jul 1945*
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XO USS Puffer
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C.O. USS Pomodon
|
3
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|
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LCDR Robert S. Froude (1942)
|
1 May 1946* - 18 May 1946
|
XO USS Haddock
|
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|
decommissioned
|
Gurnard (SS-254)
|
CDR Charles H. Andrews (1930)
|
18 Sep 1942 - 12 Sep 1944
|
COMSUBLANT Staff
|
COMSUBPAC Staff
|
6
|
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| |
CDR Norman D. Gage (1935)
|
12 Sep 1944 - 5 Mar 1945
|
CO USS R-1
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C.O. USS Caiman
|
2
|
|
| |
LCDR George S. Simmons, III
(1939)
|
5 Mar 1945 - 27 Nov 1945
|
XO USS Gurnard
|
|
1
|
Decommissioned
|
| |
Lt. Henry T. Lowell (USNR)
|
3 Jul 1945*
|
XO USS Gurnard
|
XO USS Gurnard
|
|
acting
|
Haddo (SS-255)
|
CDR Willis A. Lent (1925)
|
9 Oct 1942 - 30 Jun 1943*
|
C.O. USS Grenadier
|
COMSUBDIV 121
|
2
|
|
| |
CDR John Corbus (1930)
|
14 Dec 1943* - 18 Feb 1944
|
SUBRON 50 staff
|
COMSUB7THFLT Staff
|
2
|
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| |
LCDR Chester W. Nimitz, Jr. (1936)
|
18 Feb 1944 - 18 Oct 1944
|
XO USS Sturgeon, XO USS
Bluefish
|
C.O. USS Sarda
|
3
|
|
| |
LCDR Frank C. Lynch, Jr. (1938)
|
18 Oct 1944 - 12 Sep 1945*
|
XO USS Harder
|
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3
|
|
Hake (SS-256)
|
CDR John C. Broach (1927)
|
20 Oct 1942 - 25 Jul 1944
|
XO USS Porpoise
|
COMSUBDIV 61
|
5
|
|
| |
CDR Frank E. Hayler (1936)
|
25 Jul 1944 - 15 Sep 1945
|
PCO on USS Flying Fish
|
C.O. USS Pilotfish
|
4
|
|
| |
LCDR John C. Weatherwax (1939)
|
28 Feb 1945* - 31 Mar 1945*
|
XO USS Hake
|
XO USS Hake
|
|
acting
|
| |
CDR Alan G. Schnable (1934)
|
15 Sep 1945 - 1 Feb 1946*
|
C.O. USS Pilotfish
|
NROTC University of North
Carolina
|
|
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LCDR J. R. Edmands (USNR)
|
1 Mar 1946* - 1 Jun 1946*
|
XO USS Hake
|
|
|
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| |
LCDR Albert R. Strow (1939)
|
1 Jul 1946* - 13 Jul 1946
|
C.O. USS Haddock
|
C.O. USS Bowfin
|
|
decommissioned
|
Harder (SS-257)
|
CDR Samuel D. Dealey (1930)
|
2 Dec 1942 - 24 Aug 1944
|
C.O. USS S-20
|
|
6
|
Boat lost, C.O. lost; Medal of
Honor
|
Hoe (SS-258)
|
LCDR Edward C. Folger (1929)
|
16 Dec 1942 - 2 Jan 1943*
|
C.O. USS R-11
|
XO USS Rockbridge (APA-228)
|
|
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| |
CDR Victor B. McCrea (1932)
|
31 Jan 1943* - 31 Oct 1944
|
C.O. USS O-7
|
|
6
|
|
| |
CDR Miles P. Refo III (1938)
|
31 Oct 1944 - 7 Aug 1946
|
XO USS Jack
|
|
2
|
Decommissioned
|
| |
Lt. William P. Willis (1942)
|
30 Apr 1945*
|
XO USS Hoe
|
|
|
Acting
|
Jack (SS-259)
|
CDR Thomas W. Dykers (1927)
|
6 Jan 1943 - 25 May 1944
|
C.O. USS S-35
|
COMSUBDIV 282
|
4
|
|
| |
CDR Arthur E. Krapf (1934)
|
25 May 1944 - 9 Oct 1944
|
PCO on USS Haddo
|
Instructor, Sub Base,New London
|
2
|
|
| |
CDR Albert S. Furhman (1937)
|
9 Oct 1944 - 31 Oct 1945*
|
C.O. USS Corsair
|
C.O. USS Ling
|
3
|
|
| |
Lt. William C. Logan, Jr. (not USNA)
|
30 Apr 1946* - 8 Jun 1946
|
USS Guitarro
|
C.O. USS Sabalo
|
|
former enlisted man;
decommissioned
|
Lapon (SS-260)
|
CDR Oliver G. Kirk (1929)
|
23 Jan 1943 - 19 Aug 1943
|
C.O. USS S-42
|
Bureau of Ordnance duty at
Newport
|
1
|
|
| |
CDR Lowell T. Stone (1929)
|
19 Aug 1943 - 22 Aug 1944
|
C.O. USS Ortolan (ASR-5)
|
COMSUBDIV 82
|
4
|
|
| |
LCDR Donald C. Baer (1937)
|
22 Aug 1944 - 23 Jul 1945*
|
|
C.O. USS Remora
|
3
|
|
| |
LCDR Rue O'Neill Jr (1940)
|
1945* - 1 May 1946*
|
XO USS Kingfish
|
XO USS Requin
|
|
|
Mingo (SS-261)
|
CDR Ralph C. Lynch, Jr. (1929)
|
12 Feb 1943 - 7 Jan 1944
|
C.O. USS S-46
|
COM TF 72 Ops Officer
|
2
|
|
| |
LCDR Joseph J. Staley, Jr. (1934)
|
7 Jan 1944 - 15 Aug 1944
|
XO USS Dolphin, XO USS Gurnard
|
Staff SUBRON 18
|
2
|
|
| |
LCDR John R. Madison (1937)
|
15 Aug 1944 - 24 Sep 1945*
|
XO USS Muskallunge
|
C.O. USS Sea Dog
|
3
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